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Mexican Emigration History, 1900-1970: Literature and Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2022

Arthur F. Corwin
Arthur F. Corwin*
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University of Connecticut
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Had massive migration of mexican labor to the southwest not taken place in the twentieth century, it is probable, as Ruth Tuck observed in Not with the Fist: Mexican-Americans in a Southwest City (N.Y., 1946; 29-30), that “side-eddies” of native Spanish-speaking would have been gradually swept into the mainstream of American life, as they almost were in California by 1900. Or perhaps these Spanish-speakers would have remained a picturesque folk in such isolated areas as northern New Mexico and South Texas. But massive migration from Mexico did occur at the opening of this century, adding a new chapter to Southwestern settlement and development, a chapter that differs from the old romanticized Southwest as much as a Chicano barrio or migrant camp differs from a restored Spanish mission or a New Mexico adobe. And yet this chapter—now so important to the ethnic study movement—has been almost totally neglected by Latin Americanists both in the United States and Mexico.

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Topical Review
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Latin American Research Review , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , Summer 1973 , pp. 3 - 24
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Copyright © 1973 by the University of Texas Press

Footnotes

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This article, originally submitted by the author to the Latin American Research Review, exclusively, and accepted for publication in this issue (after certain revisions and updating by the author at the request of the Editor of LARR) was, through a misunderstanding on the part of the journal, Historia Mexicana, published in unrevised form in the issue of that journal for Oct.-Dec. 1972.

It is not the policy of the Latin American Research Review to publish articles which have appeared elsewhere in print. However, the Editor has decided to publish this article because of LARR's prior right to it, and because by its publication in LARR, in English, it will not only reach all of LARR's subscribers and other readers but will presumably also be read by persons who may not see the Spanish-language version or who do not read Spanish. (Ed.)

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The Spanish-speaking population in the territory ceded by Mexico in 1848 was approximately 80,000. Nearly three-fourths of this number were concentrated in northern New Mexico.

References

D. Bibliographical AIDS.

Cumberland, Charles C., The United States-Mexican Border: A Selective Guide to the Literature of the Region (Supplement to Rural Sociology, 25:2, June 1960), 223 pp. Annotated; covers from Spanish times to 1960, all aspects.Google Scholar
Bogardus, Emory S., “Literature and Research on Mexicans and Mexican-Americans.” In: The Mexicans in the United States (University of Southern California Press, 1934; pp. 99–123). Annotated; emphasis on immigration and adjustment problems. Originally printed as: The Mexican Immigrant, an Annotated Bibliography (Council on International Relations, Los Angeles, 1929; 21 pp.)Google Scholar
Jones, Robert C., Mexicans in the United States: A Bibliography (Pan American Union, 1942; 14 pp.). Supplements Bogardus; unannotated.Google Scholar
Murray R. Benedict, Paul S. Taylor, et al., Agricultural Labor in the Pacific Coast States. A Bibliography and Suggestions for Research (Pacific Coast Regional Committee of the Social Science Research Council. August 1938; 64 pp.).Google Scholar
Slobodek, Mitchell, A Selective Bibliography of California Labor History (Institute of Industrial Relations, UCLA, 1964; 265 pp.). Annotated; covers period 1873–1963.Google Scholar
Ruesink, David C. and Batson, Brice T., Bibliography Relating to Agricultural Labor (Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A. & M., College Station, Texas, 1969; 96 pp.). Unannotated; lists over 1,000 items, including bibliographies and unpublished materials produced in period 1964–69.Google Scholar
Fujimoto, Isao and Schieffer, Jo Claire, Guide to Sources on Agricultural Labor (Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, 1969. Mimeographed. 39 pp.). Annotated guide suggesting location of many materials from government and non-government agencies, and supplementary bibliographies.Google Scholar
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Dictionary Catalog of the National Agricultural Library, 1862-1965 (New York: Rowan and Littlefield, 1969). Unannotated. Vol. 41: pp. 197–278, concerned with Mexicans in the United States.Google Scholar
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Cutsumbis, Michael N., “The National Archives and Immigration Research,” The International Migration Review (3:2: 90–99; Summer 1970). Provides a general introduction.Google Scholar
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Stanford University, Center for Latin American Studies, The Mexican American. A Selected and Annotated Bibliography (Mimeographed. Stanford University Bookstore, 1969; 139 pp. Rev. ed., Luis G. Nogales, ed. 1971; 162 pp.). Abstracts of the more important works on Mexican-Americans designed for ethnic-study use. Lists other bibliographies.Google Scholar
Barrios, Ernie, et al., Bibliografía de Aztlán; An Annotated Chicano Bibliography (Mimeographed. Centro de Estudios Chicanos, San Diego State College, 1971; 167 pp.) Intended to provide a Chicano critique of the more important works on Mexican-Americans.Google Scholar
Meier, Matt S. and Rivera, Feliciano, A Selective Bibliography for the Study of Mexican American History (Mimeographed. Spartan Bookstore, San Jose College, 1971; 79 pp. Reprinted by R and E Associates, San Francisco, 1972; 96 pp.) Unannotated, but one of the most comprehensive listings prepared for ethnic studies. Lists other bibliographies.Google Scholar
Finally, it might be noted that other bibliographies, inspired by the ethnic-study movement, will soon be forthcoming. For example, the Border-Study group directed by Julian Samora is preparing an extensive compilation, including government publications, that will cover several aspects of Mexican emigration; and an annotated bibliography is being prepared by a research group associated with a project to study Mexican migration to the United States since 1900, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, and under the direction of Arthur F. Corwin of the University of Connecticut.Google Scholar